I doubt Disney had someone working on the Trump figure the whole time the attraction was down. Most likely they gave it a certain time frame, and decided enough was enough.

Isn't the reason why the attraction was closed so long because of some disagreement between Trump and Disney? Maybe this is Disney's way of getting back at him a bit. But then Obama's figure looked weird too. The head was wrong, as were the ears, and he looked white.

I can't be too offended by what it looks like. Given the source material. It isn't like Trump looks like JFK. Or even Quayle.

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Ditto on all the comments on this thread. This attraction will always have a special place in my heart. It was part of the America's Story YES Tour that I gave. I stood on that stage with my YES groups and told stories about the first 18 presidents. We had to memorize each president and their facts. I'm pretty sure at some point during our training we were given info on how the animatronics were made. I don't remember exact numbers but know the process is very costly and if Disney is willing to spend thousands of dollars on them then at least they should resemble the president. I do not think this is the case with the Trump animatronic. From the pictures I have seen Trump looks scary. I wonder if anyone disagrees with that. Has any of these threads placed a poll on it? I think I also may have read that some people thought that the Obama animatronic didn't resemble Obama too. I think I saw somewhere that both these two animatronics were done by someone new or there was a new process. Not sure. I will try to dig up my script and training from the tour and see what background info I have on the attraction.

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Thanks to you as well Alicenwonderment! You got to stand on the stage?! Sounds like an amazing experience!!! What did the animatronics look like from the stage? I have always been curious what the sets look like up close, I have always found the view from the theater seating to be very limited and at an angle that only allows you to see what they want you to see which I guess makes sense from a "show" standpoint, I have always been curious what the rest of the stage and sets look like..

I may be late to the party here on this one but, I just saw the new President Trump figure at the Hall of Presidents. It's Hillary Clinton with a Trump wig on, a bad one at that. Look at it closely, it has her face shape, eyes, mouth and wrinkles, with a bad version of his hair. Disney really is pathetic.

Isn't the reason why the attraction was closed so long because of some disagreement between Trump and Disney? Maybe this is Disney's way of getting back at him a bit. But then Obama's figure looked weird too. The head was wrong, as were the ears, and he looked white.

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From my understanding, the disagreement was over the recorded speech, it is not unusual for there to be disagreements with these type of undertakings, the recorded speech will be heard by millions of WDW visitors for years to come so it only makes sense that all parties involved would want the best and most impactful speech, if anything this shows that all parties involved (regardless of political viewpoints) understand the importance of this attraction and actually care about getting it right, I don't see this as a bad thing.

I already made my viewpoint clear about any indication that the poorly designed animatronic was "Disney's way of getting back at him" as you stated, as I stated previously I can only hope that Disney would not get down to that level of immaturity in an effort to make a political statement. This attraction is about the history of America and a way to educate younger generations and respectfully honor our presidents who were elected into office by the people. How does making a political statement set an example for younger generations? Especially coming from an established company that people look up to like Disney?

From my understanding, the disagreement was over the recorded speech, it is not unusual for there to be disagreements with these type of undertakings, the recorded speech will be heard by millions of WDW visitors for years to come so it only makes sense that all parties involved would want the best and most impactful speech, if anything this shows that all parties involved (regardless of political viewpoints) understand the importance of this attraction and actually care about getting it right, I don't see this as a bad thing.

I already made my viewpoint clear about any indication that the poorly designed animatronic was "Disney's way of getting back at him" as you stated, as I stated previously I can only hope that Disney would not get down to that level of immaturity in an effort to make a political statement. This attraction is about the history of America and a way to educate younger generations and respectfully honor our presidents who were elected into office by the people. How does making a political statement set an example for younger generations? Especially coming from an established company that people look up to like Disney?

I don't quite understand what you are getting to with this comment. Please elaborate.

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I don't believe you but I will humor you. Trump is not a young handsome man.[/QUOTE]

I doubt Disney had someone working on the Trump figure the whole time the attraction was down. Most likely they gave it a certain time frame, and decided enough was enough.

Isn't the reason why the attraction was closed so long because of some disagreement between Trump and Disney? Maybe this is Disney's way of getting back at him a bit. But then Obama's figure looked weird too. The head was wrong, as were the ears, and he looked white.

I can't be too offended by what it looks like. Given the source material. It isn't like Trump looks like JFK. Or even Quayle.

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There was a lot too it. Disney upgraded the sound and projection technology in the theater. There was some complication in getting the audio recorded as well. So yes the AA was not being created the entire time. It even began being formed before the attraction went down for its refurb.

I used to think that the Ellen figure in Dinosaur was the poorest likeness to the real person. Now that honor goes to the Trump figure.

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Speaking of the Ellen figure, I wonder what happened to it, I remember even Ellen herself commented about it on her TV show and even joked that she was joining to ask Disney to donate the figure to her to use on her show

Speaking of the Ellen figure, I wonder what happened to it, I remember even Ellen herself commented about it on her TV show and even joked that she was joining to ask Disney to donate the figure to her to use on her show

I doubt Disney had someone working on the Trump figure the whole time the attraction was down. Most likely they gave it a certain time frame, and decided enough was enough.

Isn't the reason why the attraction was closed so long because of some disagreement between Trump and Disney? Maybe this is Disney's way of getting back at him a bit. But then Obama's figure looked weird too. The head was wrong, as were the ears, and he looked white.

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Disney released statement saying the delay had nothing to do with disagreements and they were focusing more on the new narration and sound system.

Personally, I think this is all being blown out of proportion. Ever since the original Imagineer who did the faces for the other AAs left, they’ve been horrible. Obama’s is abysmal. Trump’s is as well. I honestly don’t believe the Internet-born conspiracy theory of it being Hillary at first and then changed. I also don’t think a poor job was done on purpose. It’s just that this new sculptor cannot match the original CM’s work (the name escapes me at the moment - was it Blair Gibson??).

Disney released statement saying the delay had nothing to do with disagreements and they were focusing more on the new narration and sound system.

Personally, I think this is all being blown out of proportion. Ever since the original Imagineer who did the faces for the other AAs left, they’ve been horrible. Obama’s is abysmal. Trump’s is as well. I honestly don’t believe the Internet-born conspiracy theory of it being Hillary at first and then changed. I also don’t think a poor job was done on purpose. It’s just that this new sculptor cannot match the original CM’s work (the name escapes me at the moment - was it Blair Gibson??).

It is really terrible. Obama's was not good but was not terrible either. This was either done by a complete hack with no talent or was a purposefully bad job. I think the former is more likely but who knows.

In all honesty most of the living presidents are not exactly right. Obama's does not look quite right. The Bush's either. I think it is hard to create an animatronic of a living person because we see them on TV or online so much so we have such a spitting image of them in our brains. The presidents like Washington and Lincoln we base off paintings and such in history so we only have that to go off of which gives us that one point of view. Had we seen them in real life we may think their AAs don't look like them either.